2008/10/5 John E. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yell...OOo, > On this site I have seen numerous Open Office org. 2.4 on an Apple Mac OS X > 10.5.5 users say, that a sudden appearance of a 'Timed Out' command brings > the whole, for me, document 'Word' system to a stand still. > I thought I was immune. > Now, I'm not. > I must have done something - I don't know what? I know it will be learning > curve. > I have more of them than a lap dancer. > Seriously, how do I get this excellent open project back to work again? > I would really appreciate some kind of guidance, > > Kind regards > Jea. >
Hello John, >From a previous post: The newest Mac OS X Leopard update 10.5.5 seems to make problems with X11(and also with pdf files...) There was a way to work around for the 'timed out' message, but I'm not sure it will work with the new 10.5.5 problems: X11 Time out solution: http://shaunmcdonald131.blogspot.com/2008/03/ooo-possible-fix-for-command-timed-out.html and people from the Mac porting team were working on a solution, but I don't know how far they got. so... I propose that you install the Release Candidate 3 of the Aqua version of OpenOffice.org. That version doesn't need the X11 windowing utility. You can download the RC3 from GoodDay: http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0rc3/<http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0rc2/> Which file to chose? Do you have an Intel or a PowerPC Mac? You download the US English version - that's the one without language indication (OOo_3.0.0rc3_MacOSXIntel_install.dmg or ...PPC_install.dmg), or the language version of you choice (install_xx.dmg) - don't download the SDK (Software Developers Kit) Download, doubleclick to open the dmg, then drag the program to your applications folder. You can drag the OOo icon from the Applications folder (in Finder) to your Dock for easy access. The final tested&approved version of OOo 3.0.0 Aqua for Mac will be ready in a few weeks. The RC probably still has some bugs, so it's advisable to save you work regularly. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo Aqua 3.0.0 RC3 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo Aqua 3.0.0 RC3 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
